US dollar
Dollar’s decline has been overstated, says NY Fed study
Fall in greenback’s share of FX reserves driven by concentrated drop among small number of states
Visa joins MAS’s Bloom
Payments router announces participation in multi-currency tokenised deposit and stablecoin project
Economists design stress-test model of dominant currency
Geopolitical shocks can disrupt its hegemony, but dollar remains secure, NBER paper finds
Iraq receives $500m from Fed as government faces cash shortage
Oil-exporting country’s income comes under strain as Hormuz uncertainty persists
Mampho Modise on payments reforms and the hierarchy of money
Sarb's deputy governor discusses conflicting crypto directives, wholesale CBDC plans, expensive remittance and a Brics gold-backed settlement unit
Implications of the 2026 Middle East war
Gavin Bingham, Paul Fisher and Andrew Large detail the monetary policy, financial stability and international co-operation challenges for central banks
One ledger or eight: the design choice that will shape cross-border money
Two rival tokenised settlement networks have both expanded – mBridge into Macau and Mongolia, Agorá to Canada. The contest between them is not primarily about technology, and not yet about currencies. It is about who keeps the ledger, argues Marcello…
Jasmina Selimović on managing Europe’s last currency board
The Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina governor speaks about building resilience to counter geoeconomic shocks, strengthening reforms amid EU convergence, addressing stablecoin and NBFI risks, Sepa integration, and capacity building.
Regulators face trade-off when it comes to bitcoin – BdF paper
Rules can reduce price disparities but leave local markets vulnerable to potential shocks
MAS heralds progress on cutting carbon emissions
Central bank reports reductions in climate impact across its operations and investment portfolio
Pooled reserves could improve global financial safety net – paper
‘Synthetic reserve deposit’ could cut costs and improve performance, authors say
Asean’s expanding and evolving swap lines
The Asian trade bloc – with and without China, Japan and South Korea – wants to strengthen emergency liquidity support
Samoa to leave policy unchanged over coming year
Central bank expects inflation to rise temporarily due to effects of Iran war
EUR vs USD stablecoins is the wrong debate
Market structure and regulatory cohesion is at the centre of the stablecoin liquidity evolution, says Flow Traders’ digital assets head
Hong Kong scales up in bid to attract central bank gold
Financial bureau chief targets Asian institutions to bolster gold storage to 2,000 tonnes, use new trading and central clearing services plus links to China, amid sovereign immunity concerns
Brazil to issue up to $735m worth of panda bonds
PBoC governor welcomes announcement and pledges support to China’s partner in ‘global south’
Payments Benchmarks 2026 – executive summary
Benchmarks show continued efforts to upgrade systems in search of better cross-border payments
Right now, the dollar is too big to fail – panel
Officials say greenback likely to remain dominant for foreseeable future
Nigeria should allow stablecoin innovation but manage risk – IMF
Institution sets out four steps to manage surging adoption of assets
Barry Eichengreen on the evolution of the global monetary order
The US monetary expert speaks to Thomas Chow about similarities between the dollar and 18th century Dutch money and why Washington has bet on the ‘wrong horse’ with private stablecoins
DRC’s FX upgrade part of efforts to boost currency – governor
Wameso says central bank is pursuing modernisation agenda to strengthen the financial system